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Kasaï Province

Coordinates: 05°21′S 21°25′E / 5.350°S 21.417°E / -5.350; 21.417
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05°21′S 21°25′E / 5.350°S 21.417°E / -5.350; 21.417

Location of Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kasai is one of 25 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo specified in the country's 2005 Constitution (effective 18 February 2006), under Article 2.[1] It was to be created from country's the existing 10 provinces within 36 months (18 February 2009), according to Article 226.[2] As of October 2010, this had not taken place.[3]

Prior to the 2006 Constitution, it formed part of the Kasai-Occidental province; its neighbor to the southeast, Lulua Province, was also formed from Kasai-Occidental. It is also bordered by Kwango Province to the southwest, Sankuru Province, Tshuapa Province, Kwilu Province, Mai-Ndombe Province, and the nation of Angola in the south.

The capital of Kasai province is the town of Luebo.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 2". Wikisource.
  2. ^ "Constitution de la République démocratique du Congo: Article 226". Wikisource.
  3. ^ "The AMP conclave: Another step towards 2011 elections". Congo Siasa.
  4. ^ "Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo". Statiods.com.


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